Soazig Le Bihan
@soaziglebihan.bsky.social
Professor of #Philosophy, University of Montana. Models, ecology/conservation, science and values. Strong interest in animal issues and philosophy of law. Working on a book on scientific understanding. PSA DEI Caucus Senior Co-Chair.
www.soaziglebihan.org
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From the latest issue:
Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking
– Federica Bocchi, Alisa Bokulich, Leticia Castillo Brache, Gloria Grand-Pierre & Aja Watkins
Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#philsci #philsky
Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking
– Federica Bocchi, Alisa Bokulich, Leticia Castillo Brache, Gloria Grand-Pierre & Aja Watkins
Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#philsci #philsky
February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
From the latest issue:
Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking
– Federica Bocchi, Alisa Bokulich, Leticia Castillo Brache, Gloria Grand-Pierre & Aja Watkins
Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#philsci #philsky
Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking
– Federica Bocchi, Alisa Bokulich, Leticia Castillo Brache, Gloria Grand-Pierre & Aja Watkins
Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#philsci #philsky
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Check out the lecture series by postdoc fellow Marta Bielinska on the philosophy of spacetime, released by Jagiellonian University. There are three episodes on YouTube, with more coming soon. https://ow.ly/942V50YcvGe
(Lectures are in Polish with English subtitles and dubbing available.) #philsci
(Lectures are in Polish with English subtitles and dubbing available.) #philsci
February 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Check out the lecture series by postdoc fellow Marta Bielinska on the philosophy of spacetime, released by Jagiellonian University. There are three episodes on YouTube, with more coming soon. https://ow.ly/942V50YcvGe
(Lectures are in Polish with English subtitles and dubbing available.) #philsci
(Lectures are in Polish with English subtitles and dubbing available.) #philsci
Very grateful to be featured as the inaugural guest of the "Good Morning and May It Please the Court" radio show, directed by Ryan Aikin, and which aired this morning on KBGA. Such a fun conversation!
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February 19, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Very grateful to be featured as the inaugural guest of the "Good Morning and May It Please the Court" radio show, directed by Ryan Aikin, and which aired this morning on KBGA. Such a fun conversation!
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#NewArticle available on our website #OpenAccess
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention | Tristan Katz
#philsky #philosophy
Read it here👇
doi.org/10.1002/japp...
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention | Tristan Katz
#philsky #philosophy
Read it here👇
doi.org/10.1002/japp...
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention
Wild animals suffer due to human activity, yet natural factors contribute far more significantly to their suffering. In light of this, some propose that we have a pro tanto obligation to intervene in...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
#NewArticle available on our website #OpenAccess
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention | Tristan Katz
#philsky #philosophy
Read it here👇
doi.org/10.1002/japp...
Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention | Tristan Katz
#philsky #philosophy
Read it here👇
doi.org/10.1002/japp...
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Job at my beloved undergrad alma mater: VAP in #histsci #histmed at UW-Madison, due Jan 28.
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Medical History/History of Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:Academic StaffEmployment Type...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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It's World #Logic Day and this year, too, I plan to make valid inferences all day, while ignoring what I'm talking about and whether what I say is true. 🙂
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World Logic Day
14 January
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January 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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This will be an extraordinary volume.
Southern Epistemologies - HAU Books
H. Clark Barrett is Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. He studies contemporary variation in social and moral judgment as a window into the evolution of human cognition. His current project asks how ev...
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December 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This will be an extraordinary volume.
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CfP: Interesting workshop about representation and understanding
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#philsci
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Current Workshop
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop Call for abstracts We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
CfP: Interesting workshop about representation and understanding
sure-workshop.weebly.com/current-work...
#philsci
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#philsci
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This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
Kevin Elliott is one of those philosophers whose work branches outside of philosophy. Nice work!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Improving Consumer Engagement in Health Technology Assessment and Decision Making: Lessons from ‘Values in Science’ - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Health technology assessments (HTA) and related decision making by regulators, payers and clinical policymakers (henceforth HTA-DM) are not simply technical processes, but normative ones, shaped by ec...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kevin Elliott is one of those philosophers whose work branches outside of philosophy. Nice work!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New from the BJPS Review of Books:
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
Guido Bacciagaluppi and Elise Crull, The Einstein Paradox | BJPS Review of Books
Thomas Ryckman reviews The Einstein Paradox, by Guido Bacciagaluppi and Elise Crull
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December 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
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Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest:
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Instituto de Filosofia - UP
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December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest:
ifilosofia.up.pt/news/funded-...
ifilosofia.up.pt/news/funded-...
New and interesting article on ViS by Kristina Rollin in EJPS #phisci #scienceandvalues #ViS #trust
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Expert trustworthiness and the value-free ideal of science - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
I examine critically a received view of expert trustworthiness and the value-free ideal of science. According to this view, to be epistemically trustworthy in the eyes of citizens, scientific experts ...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New and interesting article on ViS by Kristina Rollin in EJPS #phisci #scienceandvalues #ViS #trust
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Become a Visiting Fellow or Postdoc!
Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!
More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities
Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!
More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Become a Visiting Fellow or Postdoc!
Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!
More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities
Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!
More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/
#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities
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I will be offering a graduate seminar during the winter quarter on the politics of civil disobedience, nonviolence, and civility (and its critics). If you know any graduate students who might be interested, please let them know!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I will be offering a graduate seminar during the winter quarter on the politics of civil disobedience, nonviolence, and civility (and its critics). If you know any graduate students who might be interested, please let them know!
www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/cte...
www.humanities.uci.edu/critical/cte...
Interesting article, by Vera Matarese: Machine-Learning-based experimental strategies "can be epistemically salient with respect to understanding"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Machine learning in experimental physics: from optimization to understanding - Synthese
Synthese - The pervasive employment of machine learning (ML) in experimental physics raises questions about its epistemic impact. While ML techniques are accelerating scientific progress at an...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Interesting article, by Vera Matarese: Machine-Learning-based experimental strategies "can be epistemically salient with respect to understanding"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Theodoros Stamos, Sacrifice, 1948
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135768
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135768
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Theodoros Stamos, Sacrifice, 1948
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135768
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135768
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they're expanding a probe to include the Holocaust denial
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French authorities charges X over Holocaust-denial comments by AI chatbot Grok
On Monday, Elon Musk's social media AI chatbot posted in French that the gas chambers in Nazi death camps were designed for 'disinfection' against typhus, rather than for mass executions.
www.lemonde.fr
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
they're expanding a probe to include the Holocaust denial
www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 learn about project EPIC: here is our website with details of our seminar series, our open access articles and books, our six case studies and many online resources for everyone epistemicinjusticein... #philsky #epistemicinjustice
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 learn about project EPIC: here is our website with details of our seminar series, our open access articles and books, our six case studies and many online resources for everyone epistemicinjusticein... #philsky #epistemicinjustice
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“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
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How Science is Changing | Panel Discussion | Philosophy of Science Association/PEWS Event
An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion. Join scholars from institutions across North America as they discuss the ways in which science is changing in their fi...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
buff.ly/uMkmXd8
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
@ucpews.bsky.social
#philsci
buff.ly/uMkmXd8
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Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hello all! The PSA DEI Caucus is coming to BlueSky! Hoping to share news about our wonderful membership and our @philsci.bsky.social community at large! Doggo Pic for attention. #philosophy #hps #dei
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Kate Finley a center fellow is not only giving a talk today at the @center4philsci.bsky.social which you can follow on line but she is also recorded a five minute fellow video
Watch it.
Watch it.
5 Minute Fellow - Kate Finley
YouTube video by Center for Philosophy of Science
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November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kate Finley a center fellow is not only giving a talk today at the @center4philsci.bsky.social which you can follow on line but she is also recorded a five minute fellow video
Watch it.
Watch it.
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Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Physicists have long been enamored with “beautiful” models—but this seems to have changed in high-energy physics. In his new paper, Martin King argues that experimental contexts strongly determine the pursuitworthiness of “ugly models” 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philphysics #HPS
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🆕 Online first: "On Elephants and Octopuses"
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@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
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@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
On Elephants and Octopuses: Two Models of Pluralistic Policy Advice | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
On Elephants and Octopuses: Two Models of Pluralistic Policy Advice
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October 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🆕 Online first: "On Elephants and Octopuses"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@karimbschir.bsky.social & ISiS' @simonlohse.bsky.social propose to distinguish between a representative and an integrative model for pluralism in scientific policy advice.